After the election of a man many Kenyans consider a native son, Africans are asking what Barack Obama will be able to accomplish for their continent once he becomes president. Hopes for his presidency are high perhaps unreasonably so.

Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives and Africans across the continent sang, danced in the streets and wrapped themselves in U.S. flags Wednesday to cheer for America's first black president. Kenya will party for two days, after the president declared a national holiday.

Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives and Africans across the continent sang, danced in the streets and wrapped themselves in U.S. flags Wednesday to cheer in America's first black president. Kenya will party for two days after the president declared a national holiday.

For the past year, Kennedy Agai has stopped sending money home to his mother. He has walked instead of spending 50 cents on the bus. He has skipped meals whenever he could bear it, all so he could buy shares in East Africa's biggest initial public offering.

Kenya's prime minister said Thursday the country had rebounded from postelection violence that left more than 1,200 people dead, seeking to restore the image of what was once one of Africa's most stable countries.

President Mwai Kibaki named opposition leader Raila Odinga as prime minister Sunday, implementing a long-awaited power-sharing deal aimed at resolving a political crisis that left more than 1,000 people dead.